Knife sharpener



July 17, 1923- 1,462,0 80

A. BOHLIN KNIFE SHARPENER Filed April 1, 1921.

anoemtoz Patented July 17, W23.

entrain stares ARVID BOHLIN, F TREN'ION, NEW JERSEY.

KNIFE snsnrnnnn.

application filed April 1,

" To all whom it ma /y concern.

citizen of the United States, and resident of- Trenton, in the county 0f Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knife Sharpeners, of which the following is a specification.

. The present invention relates to knife sharpeners, an object thereof being the pro-' vision of simple and effective meant for sharpening knives which may be successfully employed by unskilledpersons for the ,rapid production of a sharp ciitting edgeevenly beveled on both sides of the knife; a further object being to -provide a device of this character which embodies simplicity of construction and is very durable and inespensive, constituting a handy implement adapted for fixed attachment to the sur face of a table or other object, whereby liability of losing or inisplacing it is obviated, the device being especially applicable for use in the process of sharpening knives for household use such as vegetable paring knives, carving knives, corrugated bread cutting knives, etc.-

In carrying out myinvention I employ, in integral formation, a base, two laterally disposed oppositely located, tapered and" bevel-edged cutting members arranged one in advance ofthe other and laterally crossed.

for forming a V-shaped groove for contact with a knife edge, whereby the knife may be evenly beveled on both sides, as hereinafter fully described and specifically set i ortli in the appended claims.

In the'accoinpanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a pen spective view illustrating an embodimentof my improvements and a practical application of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the device;

Fig.3 is a front view; and

Fig. 4; is a plan view.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a base having? a hole 2 tlierethrough for engagement with a screw 3, whereby the device may be permanently and securely fixed to a horizontal plane. surface, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. Extended upwardly and at right angles from the base 1, is a bifurcated standard 4, constituting two cutting memhers 5, having): respectively a tapered extension 6 which is provided with an inner beveled cutting edge 7, and they overlap at edges 7 of the en 1921. Serial n0. erases.

the bottom parts whereby a if-shaped groove is formed for receiving the edge of the knife to be sharpened, and the cutting members are arranged one'in advance of the other, as clearly shown in 2 of the drawings, thus providing oppositely located beveled cutting edges ranged one in advance ofthe other but adapted to simultaneously contact with opposite sides of the-knife edge for sharpening and evenly beveling the same at a single stroke.

The device is composed of cold rolled high carbon steel, hardened to a high degree, whereby the cutting edges are maintained in sharp and operative condition for a maxi- .innni period of time.

In the operation rand use of the invention, a knife, as 9, Fig. 1 of the drawings, is slightly pressed within the groove 8, with the blade in an upright position; it is then simply drawn forwardly through groove, whereupon a sharp edge is produced. which is evenly beveled on both sides, the beveled *"ingz members acting in.

LL unison in the process of shaping and sharpening; said evenly l'ie'velsd-lmife edge at each stroke of the knife. 7

I do not wish to be. understood as confining ,niysel l, to the specific form oi sharpener as her shown and described, under the spirit of my invention I believe that I am entitled to employ such variations as may rightly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my" invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is: i I

l. A knit-e sharpener comprising, in integral formation. a base and a bifurcated standard embodying two oppositely disposed 1 cuttingmemberssthi h partlvoverlap and are reused one in advance of the other.

2. A. knife sharpener comprising, in integral formation, a base and a bifurcated standard enibodyi no two oppositely disposed tapered and partly overlapped cutting Incin hers having beveled cniting edges, said members ranged one in advance of the other with their cutting edges converging centrally whereby a ll-shaped groove is formed for engaging a knife edge.

Signed at Trenton in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, this 7th day of January A. D. 1921. 

